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they favor small role for government. in a campaign which role of government and taxes and spending are the key issues, this breakdown is not surprising. what is interesting is that the gender gap has been around a long time. which size is able to maximize its gender better and hold its own among the other? what we are seeing is the president's ability to hold women. he is doing well among single women. quinnipiac did a poll earlier where the overall margin was in the same situation. single women were backing mr. obama 2-1. >> the numbers you would think would be daunting. more people think they are worse off four years ago than they were today. the president maintains his lead overall. you would think that would help mitt romney. >> you would think it is. it probably does to an extent. one of the problems mr. romney has is that voters just don't like him very much. we asked voters if they have a favorable, unfavorable of the president. they have a net unfavorable of the president and unfavorable for mitt romney. >> polls
they favor small role for government. in a campaign which role of government and taxes and spending are the key issues, this breakdown is not surprising. what is interesting is that the gender gap has been around a long time. which size is able to maximize its gender better and hold its own among the other? what we are seeing is the president's ability to hold women. he is doing well among single women. quinnipiac did a poll earlier where the overall margin was in the same situation. single...
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reform of government is coming. we'll learn from the past mistakes in this administration and other administrations. and we're going to forge ahead with putting government back on the side of the people and making sure that our country comes first, putting obsessive partisanship aside. that's what john mccain has been known for in all these years. he has been the maverick. he has ruffled feathers. but i know, senator biden, you have respected him for that, and i respect you for acknowledging that. but change is coming. >> just looking backwards, senator? >> look, past is prologue, gwen. the issue is, how different is john mccain's policy going to be than george bush's? i haven't heard anything yet. i haven't heard how his policy is going to be different on iran than george bush's. i haven't heard how his policy is going to be different with israel than george bush's. i haven't heard how his policy in afghanistan is going to be different than george bush's. i haven't heard how his policy in pakistan is going to be di
reform of government is coming. we'll learn from the past mistakes in this administration and other administrations. and we're going to forge ahead with putting government back on the side of the people and making sure that our country comes first, putting obsessive partisanship aside. that's what john mccain has been known for in all these years. he has been the maverick. he has ruffled feathers. but i know, senator biden, you have respected him for that, and i respect you for acknowledging...
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that government is an independent government and it will defend itself. they did not accept this. some furnished weapons and when clashes start, no one displays any mercy. they kill, the other side kills in return and it never stops. >> is iran selling weapons to the syrian government and if it's not selling weapons, are you aware of iranian weapons being given to the syrian government? >> translator: i believe that there are many ahead of line in supplying weapons to sides and it would never reach our turn. it's quite clear who those individuals are, who those countries are. >> were you pleased that osama bin laden was killed by american navy s.e.a.l.s on the instructions of president obama? >> translator: i would have been happier to see a transparent trial, a formal trial, and find out the root causes of all of the events of the last few years. >> you have been reported as saying that you believe it is possible that the american government were partly responsible for the events of 9/11. that caused a huge outrage. do you stand by that position? >> translator: of course, the pol
that government is an independent government and it will defend itself. they did not accept this. some furnished weapons and when clashes start, no one displays any mercy. they kill, the other side kills in return and it never stops. >> is iran selling weapons to the syrian government and if it's not selling weapons, are you aware of iranian weapons being given to the syrian government? >> translator: i believe that there are many ahead of line in supplying weapons to sides and it...
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audiological issues at stake in these various contemporary conflicts you know what various western governments and related western public opinion see has been the stake is no western liberal democracy and the values that that represents and various terrorists and fundamentalists oppose council seen as being a friend to his brothers and an effort to assist them sober up because she's a striker no whether or not you know the fret is as great as it's made out that's another question and how you combat that for it that's another i think that you know significant ideological issues at stake in today's complex maybe not cause fundamental on such a grand scale as the ones you mentioned in relation to set up in the i think that you know ideas and values are very central to. these ongoing conflicts because that's not the only for your state is also a state state interests and first narrow political interests. at work here which you know are going complicates the whole situation we're talking about ideologies and at the end of the day if you look at why. america wages all these wars or at least official
audiological issues at stake in these various contemporary conflicts you know what various western governments and related western public opinion see has been the stake is no western liberal democracy and the values that that represents and various terrorists and fundamentalists oppose council seen as being a friend to his brothers and an effort to assist them sober up because she's a striker no whether or not you know the fret is as great as it's made out that's another question and how you...
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on the table with the afghan government and accept afghan government as the government to mitt system in the country so now that the foreign troops are leaving i think that the taliban have even less incentive to talks i don't think that it's possible to reconcile with the core ideological leadership of the taliban but it is possible to integrate a large number of the foot soldiers and also the mid-level commanders who are fighting in afghanistan by offering them political and financial incentives but that only happens when they are convinced that the current system in afghanistan is sustainable and the world community that is committed to i think you didn't you didn't hear what you just gave an argument to withdraw even earlier didn't you. no i did it i said that the world community should remain committed to afghanistan and that with convinced portions of the taliban that they will not win militarily and then when they come to the table i think that their president obama is. setting timelines really and their cat their military and political mission in afghanistan because that gave
on the table with the afghan government and accept afghan government as the government to mitt system in the country so now that the foreign troops are leaving i think that the taliban have even less incentive to talks i don't think that it's possible to reconcile with the core ideological leadership of the taliban but it is possible to integrate a large number of the foot soldiers and also the mid-level commanders who are fighting in afghanistan by offering them political and financial...
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our government tells us that they want us there. they don't. there is so much more involved that i know, it is not even -- i don't even want to get into it now with you, but it will all come out soon enough. but the end of the day, my justice is to another parent wouldn't feel the heartache that i feel. i'm done inside. they tore my whole heart out. i have a hard time going to bed. i think about him every day, every minute, his brothers kill me when i look at them because they're hurt, his mom is hurt so bad. but they didn't just take my son. they destroyed my family. and i don't want other families to feel the pain i'm feeling. i don't want to see another family out there see their son being brought back on a plane and being rolled off a plane in a box with an american flag around it. but you know what, it was our government that dropped the ball and they won't admit it. this boy should have been protected inside a military base. we're training people and my son said, dad, we're training people that are going to turn the weapons on us and kill
our government tells us that they want us there. they don't. there is so much more involved that i know, it is not even -- i don't even want to get into it now with you, but it will all come out soon enough. but the end of the day, my justice is to another parent wouldn't feel the heartache that i feel. i'm done inside. they tore my whole heart out. i have a hard time going to bed. i think about him every day, every minute, his brothers kill me when i look at them because they're hurt, his mom...
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building up a strong system of government, institution of government libya in particular build gadhafi never wanted an institution that would rival his him. every political faction within libya has weapons and obviously at least one of them or more used them on the consulate a few weeks ago. >> eliot: what i hear you saying, and what i think is critically important after the revolution after the sort we witnessed and facilitateed in lib y things evolve. and the president used the phrase, there will be bumps in the road. the arc of any evolution is that it evolves over time. diplomacy could be a problem when it is so needed. >> there is a strategy, turning the opposition that overthrew gadhafi into a functioning government and help that government blow a popular support--grow a popular support. that will take time. there is a strategy, but where romney gets it wrong is that that strategy will depend most significantly on what happens inside these countries. it's not about imposing a solution from the outside. >> eliot: i think for purposes of his campaign he wants to overstate and estim
building up a strong system of government, institution of government libya in particular build gadhafi never wanted an institution that would rival his him. every political faction within libya has weapons and obviously at least one of them or more used them on the consulate a few weeks ago. >> eliot: what i hear you saying, and what i think is critically important after the revolution after the sort we witnessed and facilitateed in lib y things evolve. and the president used the phrase,...
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go in those countries and invade them too no i don't i don't think so if you give us a big western governments feel for it from syria. the most and think. iran is a different case i think you know there is a perception on the right for various forms of the coast particularly in the case of you know do regular acquisition of nuclear weapons but that's not just the threat seen by the west i mean you know the russian government also the fuse iran acquiring nuclear weapons as b. has has been problematic at least as part of the diplomatic and political effort to stop that so so invading iran would still solve the problem no no no no i'm just saying that russia doesn't want iran to acquire a nuclear weapon no law if they run perhaps not with nuclear weapons or russia as part of a political and diplomatic effort to try out of that i'm going to watch in the polls that's that's the right way to go and do whatever the military action is taken i do think that the experience of military action in relation to iraq and afghanistan how problematic is to is. a constraint on the america west and predisposition
go in those countries and invade them too no i don't i don't think so if you give us a big western governments feel for it from syria. the most and think. iran is a different case i think you know there is a perception on the right for various forms of the coast particularly in the case of you know do regular acquisition of nuclear weapons but that's not just the threat seen by the west i mean you know the russian government also the fuse iran acquiring nuclear weapons as b. has has been...
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i mean you know the russian government also the fuse iran acquiring nuclear weapons as b. has has been problematic at least as part of the diplomatic and political effort to stop that so so invading iran would still solve the problem no no no no i'm just saying that russia doesn't want iran to acquire a nuclear weapon although if iran perhaps not and if there was a russia as part of a political and diplomatic effort to try out of that i venture out in the polls that's that's the right way to go and i don't want to talk about the military action i do think that the experience of military action in relation to iraq and afghanistan how problematic is to is seen as a constraint on the in the america west a predisposition to military action in relation to run amok for sure about israelis of course about that they've got to make their own decisions and proceed around course but they can't really act alone without american acworth so. you know i would so i wouldn't necessarily say that depends how the israelis view the iranian threat or you are good for an iranian bomb what one w
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it's spent on propping up other governments. here we are funding funding fune insurgents in syria, and a quart of the insurgents are supposed to be al qaeda? didn't we do this in afghanistan? didn't we really ultimately bank role osama bin laden? we haven't learned anything. what we aught -- ought to have learned is military interventions make enemies to the united states of people that are affected by these. these drone strikes? yeah, we hit the target but we wipe out another quarter block. we kill tens of thousands of innocent civilians living in these countries that were ostensibly we're there to help? we're just continuing to make more and more enemies. it's no surprise that the unrest in the middle east is occurring right now. i would get out of our embassies in the middle east. why are we giving targets to demonstrators that are just looking for targets in the middle east? that is not showing weakness. it's showing we've got some common sense. where is the common sense? >> host: next call from lawrence, new york. eric is o
it's spent on propping up other governments. here we are funding funding fune insurgents in syria, and a quart of the insurgents are supposed to be al qaeda? didn't we do this in afghanistan? didn't we really ultimately bank role osama bin laden? we haven't learned anything. what we aught -- ought to have learned is military interventions make enemies to the united states of people that are affected by these. these drone strikes? yeah, we hit the target but we wipe out another quarter block. we...
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the two firms denied any such association to the chinese government. venezuela's leftist president hugo chavez will serve another six years after winning reelection sunday. his margin of victory was ten points, the narrowest in his 14 years in power. it was a bitterly fought race against challenger henrique capriles, who conceded defeat. chavez welcomed that concession last night, as supporters poured into the streets and surrounded the presidential palace. he addressed them from the balcony. >> my gratitude to the right wing candidate and his campaign managers who announced to the country that they recognize our victory. this is a very important step for peace in venezuela, for our coexistence. >> sreenivasan: chavez is expected to step up his push for socialism, and to continue his longstanding criticism of u.s. foreign policy. turkey retaliated again today for shelling coming from syria. it was the sixth day of cross- border strikes. the long-range skirmishes were sparked by syrian shells that landed in turkey last week, killing five civilians. imme
the two firms denied any such association to the chinese government. venezuela's leftist president hugo chavez will serve another six years after winning reelection sunday. his margin of victory was ten points, the narrowest in his 14 years in power. it was a bitterly fought race against challenger henrique capriles, who conceded defeat. chavez welcomed that concession last night, as supporters poured into the streets and surrounded the presidential palace. he addressed them from the balcony....
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military are referred to as gi's which means the government issued. just like your helmet and a rifle, you are a piece of equipment. so the way the military looks at it from a health care perspective, as you are an active duty soldier or military member, is that if you are broken, you cannot give them what they need from you. so the military's health care is essentially trying to keep the peace of equal networking another six months' free take it, if you will. then they toss it aside, especially now, because what we're going to publish their is a downturn of active duty personnel and contractors. we're looking at a situation where people are being pushed out for minor drug offenses, marijuana. you can go to a dispensary down the street and purchase marijuana at as a civilian in colorado springs, but as a soldier, they will push it out of the military and ruin the rest of your life. on a personal level, as i served in the military, there were numerous examples of family problems being not an issue to anybody in your chain of command. personal relations
military are referred to as gi's which means the government issued. just like your helmet and a rifle, you are a piece of equipment. so the way the military looks at it from a health care perspective, as you are an active duty soldier or military member, is that if you are broken, you cannot give them what they need from you. so the military's health care is essentially trying to keep the peace of equal networking another six months' free take it, if you will. then they toss it aside,...
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crime, a set tough new school standards, root out corruption, and run one of the most responsive city governments in the nation. even when that means rescuing citizens from burning buildings in the morning and shoveling snow from their driveways in the afternoon, i can only guess that come nightfall, perhaps a cape gets thrown into the mix there. he has fought for marriage a quality, and he has never shied away from calling out politicians like governor chris kristi, who vetoed our equality. as the co-chair of the democratic party platform committee this year, our guest led the way on securing a pro- marriage a quality plank in this party's platform. ladies and gentlemen, it is my privilege to introduce a mayor who fights for you, mayor cory booker. >> ♪ i've got the moves like jagger. i've got the moves like jagger. i don't need to try to control you. look into my eyes and i'll own you with the moves like jagger. ♪ >> good evening, everybody. [applause] i feel the excitement. i am telling you right now, this room right here has within it the spirit of our common ancestor. i am not talking ab
crime, a set tough new school standards, root out corruption, and run one of the most responsive city governments in the nation. even when that means rescuing citizens from burning buildings in the morning and shoveling snow from their driveways in the afternoon, i can only guess that come nightfall, perhaps a cape gets thrown into the mix there. he has fought for marriage a quality, and he has never shied away from calling out politicians like governor chris kristi, who vetoed our equality. as...
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there was a so-called shutdown of the government when newt gingrich and bill clinton came to blows they couldn't it when the other world was and i didn't even notice it nobody noticed i mean i did not lose an minute of sleep i didn't eat a morsel less food and nobody did around the country and it was no problem ok you talked about this national debt it's pretty pretty bad right now it exceeds the america's g.d.p. so even if seaquest ration does happen does that come even close to really addressing the debt problem no no i mean this is the this is the that we're even having this discussion that we're talking about you know the people talking about the congressional staffers having to be having to be reduced or work you know partial hours or something like that like this is this big catastrophe that we're all looking at and when we're looking at a much bigger catastrophe and fewer and fewer people want to buy our debt and we are issuing more of it every day and there is no serious plan out there romney does not have a serious plan but even that is more serious than obama's plan the senate
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and this year turkish government threaten in the republic of cyprus governments because the cypriot government found natural oil and gas reserves in it's in gigs crucifixion i'm excited and so i think today's more bouts of peace in certain sections of search sites it's more symbolic but on a war in notes it demonstrates once again how to answer because governments push use aggressively for policy objectives we've also seen this kind of things in recent history books as well the not forgetting of course turkey making a similar move regarding northern iraq didn't it were its military hunted for kurdish militants how different is that from what syria is doing i pursue in suspected terrorists over the turkish border while the syrian government being the only legitimate administration in syria has every rights of the shoe terrorists on its territory however there's a difference issues terrorists on its territory has not threatened to go into turkey where the world knows there's training camps for the free syrian army so it's very different to what herc is saying and the decisions they pa
and this year turkish government threaten in the republic of cyprus governments because the cypriot government found natural oil and gas reserves in it's in gigs crucifixion i'm excited and so i think today's more bouts of peace in certain sections of search sites it's more symbolic but on a war in notes it demonstrates once again how to answer because governments push use aggressively for policy objectives we've also seen this kind of things in recent history books as well the not forgetting...
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government because this. is the first thing we should do the. combined with. food i think the issue of what is true let's go there without the us is the third most is going to be reserved. in they do the experience anything more for the b.b.c. to. do because it goes on at least for its. good people but this soon. so so far into government limits this set of measures did not only going to just going to do just. that as an take continues to mount in greece we're also covering the latest protest on our website r t v dot com the full timeline of the european crisis also waiting for you online plus. dangerous cam a story a tunisian children's magazine publishes a step by step recipe for a molotov cocktail. and join a songe is set to publish a book on freedom of the internet inspired by the cypherpunks activist group that appeared on his exclusive show for our team you can find the full interview and the details on our website. rock obama's rival for the u.s. presidency mitt romney has called for a more aggressive foreign policy in the middle east which would includ
government because this. is the first thing we should do the. combined with. food i think the issue of what is true let's go there without the us is the third most is going to be reserved. in they do the experience anything more for the b.b.c. to. do because it goes on at least for its. good people but this soon. so so far into government limits this set of measures did not only going to just going to do just. that as an take continues to mount in greece we're also covering the latest protest...
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we cannot launch things as a government anymore but this is a private thing, and it was right here. watch this. >> three, two, one. lit -- lift off. >>shepard: lift off. spacex is carrying supplies to the international space station, the first official commercial flight to the international space station, part of a $1.6 billion contract with nasa. with the shuts retire, spacex aims to fill the void. they are not the only ones. they want to carry the astronauts back-and-forth transportation into space. now the astronauts rely on the russians to get us to and from the space station. this is important for those who do not follow trace, this is important because why, trace? >>trace: it goes round trip. that is important because you have the friend and the japanese and the russian cargo capsules. they only go one way because they burn on re-entry. this capsule will take 880 pounds of supplies up to the international space station. we are talking about food and scientific experiments, brag new equipment. then it is able to bring back some 1,600 pounds of different supplies and garbage and
we cannot launch things as a government anymore but this is a private thing, and it was right here. watch this. >> three, two, one. lit -- lift off. >>shepard: lift off. spacex is carrying supplies to the international space station, the first official commercial flight to the international space station, part of a $1.6 billion contract with nasa. with the shuts retire, spacex aims to fill the void. they are not the only ones. they want to carry the astronauts back-and-forth...
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chief the ban ki moon has called on the syrian government to unilaterally cease fire but i buy a me as if you were editor of the pan-african news wire believe nature is maneuvering to intervene. turkey is a long time member of the north atlantic treaty organization since nine hundred fifty two and they're going to act in conjunction with other nato powers led by the united states their main objective is regime change against the assad government in syria they're using this border conflict between syria and turkey as a means of being more directly from a military standpoint within the un security council the us britain and france have not been able to get their way in regard to authorizing some type of quote no fly zone unquote would actually means a authorization to carry out massive bombings against syria so they can utilize alleged violations of turkish land and an effort to further militarize the border between the two countries so i believe it's a very dangerous situation and that the united nations seems to be crippled. any attempt to resolve this conflict because their efforts ar
chief the ban ki moon has called on the syrian government to unilaterally cease fire but i buy a me as if you were editor of the pan-african news wire believe nature is maneuvering to intervene. turkey is a long time member of the north atlantic treaty organization since nine hundred fifty two and they're going to act in conjunction with other nato powers led by the united states their main objective is regime change against the assad government in syria they're using this border conflict...
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the most recent government because they say. their actions are the first thing we should do the. we thought it was worth it to leave and. i think. that the. reason. we think more for refusing. to go is this it goes on at least for its symbol. for this suit. so so for. limits assume said the measures that. are going to. the u.k. is bracing itself for more cuts as prime minister david cameron announces that the country is in for at least five more years of austerity this according to cameron is the only way for the united kingdom to reduce its budget deficit by twenty fifteen the prime minister's conservative led coalition has however rejected the idea of an imposing new taxes on the wealthy and called for more cuts and welfare spending cameron has also slammed the e.u. threatening to veto its new budget he has instead proposed to introduce two different budgets for the twenty seven nations bloc one for eurozone states and one for countries with their own currencies george editor of the staggers blog at the new statesman magazine says that this measure what undermined the position
the most recent government because they say. their actions are the first thing we should do the. we thought it was worth it to leave and. i think. that the. reason. we think more for refusing. to go is this it goes on at least for its symbol. for this suit. so so for. limits assume said the measures that. are going to. the u.k. is bracing itself for more cuts as prime minister david cameron announces that the country is in for at least five more years of austerity this according to cameron is...
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and liberties or liberty as government expands liberty contracts a simple fact of the matter is that if you look over the last sixty seventy years and you aggregate republican administrations and democratic administrations you had g.d.p. growth far more substantial in democratic administrations than republican administrations popular is that simple fact of the matter you also have chief economist grow government has to grow in proportion and it's going to do its job but so there has to this i want to go there because i know that the growth of a lot of critics are going to be those as laid bare right here they are for the growth in government as well and there really is a little side to this debate there is the individual versus the collective and so you see right now what a joke it is this debate that we're having in this country right now because no matter who wins are you are you are you asserting that there is no such thing as society this is site is merely a collection of that's correct because the process is that is such a system so certainly they confuse the distinction between
and liberties or liberty as government expands liberty contracts a simple fact of the matter is that if you look over the last sixty seventy years and you aggregate republican administrations and democratic administrations you had g.d.p. growth far more substantial in democratic administrations than republican administrations popular is that simple fact of the matter you also have chief economist grow government has to grow in proportion and it's going to do its job but so there has to this i...
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government has assured in a program of drone strikes that started under president george w. bush it's vastly accelerated under president obama and it's in yemen it's in somalia it's in pakistan and we're even hearing reports that it's in mali in the philippines all over the world yet we don't know really who's involved in these drone strikes what the standards are and what the processes are now do you think that government officials and policy makers underestimate or fail to recognize some of the consequences of this drone campaign that's absolutely right we're talking not just about the number of civilians killed or the number of militants killed but the toll on these communities in parts of pakistan somalia and yemen we're talking about regions where there's already a problem of war but this is really adding to the problem as we have civilians who are really caught in the crossfire between milligan militant groups on the one hand and u.s. drone strikes on the other they're afraid of being being targeted merely because they're associating with individuals because they're ou
government has assured in a program of drone strikes that started under president george w. bush it's vastly accelerated under president obama and it's in yemen it's in somalia it's in pakistan and we're even hearing reports that it's in mali in the philippines all over the world yet we don't know really who's involved in these drone strikes what the standards are and what the processes are now do you think that government officials and policy makers underestimate or fail to recognize some of...
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nor is it the policy of the jordanian government the u.s. think tank the brookings institute in march two thousand and twelve published a report titled assessing regime change options in syria but they specifically cite the creation of a buffer zone or a humanitarian corridor as a means to base certain rebel groups in the region to project force towards the syrian government in an attempt to topple it so that it appears to be what it's playing out at the moment now a growing number of neighboring countries appear to be getting closer to getting dragged into the syrian conflict how significant is the danger of violence spilling across the border not just an isolated incident but on a much larger scale. well the the possibility of a wider regional war is something that myself and many other independent analysts have predicted and warned against for the past several months we have to look at what the turkish government has done recently and recently we have lawmakers in past this car to launch legislation that allows the turkish government to e
nor is it the policy of the jordanian government the u.s. think tank the brookings institute in march two thousand and twelve published a report titled assessing regime change options in syria but they specifically cite the creation of a buffer zone or a humanitarian corridor as a means to base certain rebel groups in the region to project force towards the syrian government in an attempt to topple it so that it appears to be what it's playing out at the moment now a growing number of...
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the government has been in power now for only 90 days. the troop additional troops is talked about frequently, but the point of success in iraq will be reached when we have turned governance over to iraqi people. they've been able to establish a democratic government. they will have free elections next january for the first time in history. we also are actively rapidly training iraqis to take on security responsibility. those steps are successful. they're well under way and i'm confident that, in fact, we'll get the job done. >> mr. vice president, there is no connection between the attacks of september 11 and saddam hussein. the 9/11 commission has said it. your own secretary of state has said it, and you've gone around the country suggesting that there is some connection. there's not. and in fact, the c.i.a. is now about to report the connection between al qaeda and saddam hussein is tenous at best. and in fact, secretary of defense said yesterday that he knows of no hard evidence of the connection. we need to be straight with the ameri
the government has been in power now for only 90 days. the troop additional troops is talked about frequently, but the point of success in iraq will be reached when we have turned governance over to iraqi people. they've been able to establish a democratic government. they will have free elections next january for the first time in history. we also are actively rapidly training iraqis to take on security responsibility. those steps are successful. they're well under way and i'm confident that,...
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you know it's a peculiar situation that the government suddenly and impulsively stood on its head and somersaulted into radical opposition to governments that it had previously cultivated the prime minister mr had received a prize from gadhafi promoting human rights seem to be trying to edge nuclear towards better relations with the outside world through economic and diplomatic contacts similarly with syria then that came this dramatic shift and i think a big problem for the turkish government is that it expected the wave of revolution to spread very quickly and largely peacefully in a sense what happened in tunisia and egypt would carry on with or libya took a long time to resolve if it's resolved now and of course syria has turned out to be a much tougher much crack for the reasons of your contributors will so discussed there are deep rooted rivalries there isn't a clash simply between a narrow dictatorship and the people the people in syria are divided and some of that division spreads over the borders not just kurds remember we often talk about assad's regime being an alawite base
you know it's a peculiar situation that the government suddenly and impulsively stood on its head and somersaulted into radical opposition to governments that it had previously cultivated the prime minister mr had received a prize from gadhafi promoting human rights seem to be trying to edge nuclear towards better relations with the outside world through economic and diplomatic contacts similarly with syria then that came this dramatic shift and i think a big problem for the turkish government...
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government work. the cia likes this story. they preferred to the matt damon crazy a thousand stories that are all the rage. the cia may show this movie in their theaters, inside. but tony has always said that the job is tell the truth about the cia. to amend history. >> to amend history but not necessarily all the truth. in other words, it has to always be true, but it doesn't have to be all of it. >> exactly right. so you have to know that in this story there's still gaps the things that can't be said. but in the book, "argo," everything in that book is the truth. and we can't wait for our cia colleagues to read it, call us and say, is that me on page -- [laughter] spent i think that is me. is that me? are you going to tell them? no. time. >> would probably our. >> tony mendez and jonna, thank your son, and thank you so much for your service and your actions depicted in this movie. we are all very proud. >> is there a nonfiction author book you like to see featured on booktv? send us an e-mail at booktv@c-span.org. or tweet u
government work. the cia likes this story. they preferred to the matt damon crazy a thousand stories that are all the rage. the cia may show this movie in their theaters, inside. but tony has always said that the job is tell the truth about the cia. to amend history. >> to amend history but not necessarily all the truth. in other words, it has to always be true, but it doesn't have to be all of it. >> exactly right. so you have to know that in this story there's still gaps the...